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Aerospace Engineering
- H421 — BEng (Hons)
- HHX3 — BEng (Hons) Engineering with Foundation
- H401 — BEng (Hons) with Industrial Experience
- H42Y — BEng (Hons) with Year Abroad
- H400 — MEng (Hons)
- HK00 — MEng (Hons) with Industrial Experience
- H40Y — MEng (Hons) with Year Abroad
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Aerospace Engineering
7 study options
Aerospace Engineering BEng (Hons)
Key information
- Degree
- BEng (Hons)
- Duration
- 3 years
- Start
- September 2025
- UCAS code
- H421
- Institution code
- Q50
- Typical A-Level offer
- Grades AAB at A-Level. This must include A-Level Mathematics, and Physics or Chemistry. Excludes General Studies and Critical Thinking.
Full entry requirements (including contextual admissions) - Home fees
- £9,535
- Overseas fees
- £29,950
Funding information
Paying your fees
Engineering with Foundation BEng (Hons)
Key information
- Degree
- BEng (Hons)
- Duration
- 4 years
- Start
- September 2025
- UCAS code
- HHX3
- Institution code
- Q50
- Typical A-Level offer
- Grades BBB at A-Level. This must include A-Level Mathematics.
Full entry requirements (including contextual admissions) - Home fees
- £9,535
- Overseas fees
- £25,000
Funding information
Paying your fees
Aerospace Engineering with Industrial Experience BEng (Hons)
Key information
- Degree
- BEng (Hons)
- Duration
- 4 years
- Start
- September 2025
- UCAS code
- H401
- Institution code
- Q50
- Typical A-Level offer
- Grades AAB at A-Level. This must include A-Level Mathematics, and Physics or Chemistry.
Full entry requirements (including contextual admissions) - Home fees
- £9,535
- Overseas fees
- £29,950
Funding information
Paying your fees
Aerospace Engineering with Year Abroad BEng (Hons)
Key information
- Degree
- BEng (Hons)
- Duration
- 4 years
- Start
- September 2025
- UCAS code
- H42Y
- Institution code
- Q50
- Typical A-Level offer
- Grades AAB at A-Level. This must include A-Level Mathematics, and Physics or Chemistry. Excludes General Studies and Critical Thinking.
Full entry requirements (including contextual admissions) - Home fees
- £9,535
- Overseas fees
- £29,950
Funding information
Paying your fees
Aerospace Engineering MEng (Hons)
Key information
- Degree
- MEng (Hons)
- Duration
- 4 years
- Start
- September 2025
- UCAS code
- H400
- Institution code
- Q50
- Typical A-Level offer
- Grades AAA at A-Level. This must include A-Level Mathematics, and Physics or Chemistry. Excludes General Studies and Critical Thinking.
Full entry requirements (including contextual admissions) - Home fees
- £9,535
- Overseas fees
- £29,950
Funding information
Paying your fees
Aerospace Engineering with Industrial Experience MEng (Hons)
Key information
- Degree
- MEng (Hons)
- Duration
- 5 years
- Start
- September 2025
- UCAS code
- HK00
- Institution code
- Q50
- Typical A-Level offer
- Grades AAA at A-Level. This must include A-Level Mathematics, and Physics or Chemistry. Excludes General Studies and Critical Thinking.
Full entry requirements (including contextual admissions) - Home fees
- £9,535
- Overseas fees
- £29,950
Funding information
Paying your fees
Aerospace Engineering with Year Abroad MEng (Hons)
Key information
- Degree
- MEng (Hons)
- Duration
- 5 years
- Start
- September 2025
- UCAS code
- H40Y
- Institution code
- Q50
- Typical A-Level offer
- Grades AAA at A-Level. This must include A-Level Mathematics, and Physics or Chemistry. Excludes General Studies and Critical Thinking.
Full entry requirements (including contextual admissions) - Home fees
- £9,535
- Overseas fees
- £29,950
Funding information
Paying your fees
Overview
Discover how to develop major aviation innovations and find sustainable solutions to make engineering cleaner.
From faster cars to greener aircraft, aerospace engineers are advancing innovations in today’s world. Join our Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) accredited course to become part of an industry at the forefront of change, supporting other sectors such as renewable energy and sea transport.
We were the first university in the UK to provide a degree in this area in 1907. Today, we use our years of experience to help you hone your skills in top facilities. Our aero lab has everything from wind tunnels to a flight simulator, an anechoic chamber to a jet engine simulator.
Immersed in industry
Our academic team are experts in all four areas of the field: aerodynamics, propulsion and power, aerostructures, and systems. We also bring in guest speakers from organisations including Airbus and Altair Engineering. You’ll hear about specific issues, from the effect of pandemics on aviation to modern energy challenges.
You’ll start exploring your options and growing your network throughout the course. Our Industrial Liaison Forum day is a chance to impress potential employers as you present your project findings.
Aviation, defence forces or research centres – where will you apply your skills when you graduate?
Professional recognition
Our Aerospace Engineering programmes have been accredited by the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAES) and Institution of Mechanical Engineers under licence from the UK regulator, the Engineering Council.
Accreditation is a mark of assurance that the degree meets the standards set by the Engineering Council in the UK Standard for Professional Engineering Competence (UK-SPEC).
An accredited degree will provide you with some or all of the underpinning knowledge, understanding and skills for eventual registration as an Incorporated Engineer (IEng) or Chartered Engineer (CEng).
Our BEng programmes meet the academic requirements for IEng registration (RAES) and partially meet the academic requirements for Chartered Engineer registration (IMechE). Our MEng programmes fully meet the academic requirements for CEng registration (RAES and IMechE).
Structure
You can complete your aerospace engineering degree in three, four or five years.
Year 0
Foundation
Semester 1
- Communication in Science and Technology
Semester 2
- Further Mathematics
Year-long modules
- Science and Engineering Success
- Foundations of Chemical Science
- Foundations of Physical Science
- Foundations of Engineering
- Mathematics B
All modules are compulsory
Please note that all modules are subject to change.
Study options
Apply for this degree with any of the following options. Take care to use the correct UCAS code - it may not be possible to change your selection later.
Integrated foundation year
Students who do not have the required high school qualifications for admission to this degree, or who do not meet their UCAS conditional offers, may be considered for our foundation year.
You will enrol on Engineering BEng with Foundation. Successful completion of the foundation year will offer progression to a range of degrees in the School of Engineering and Material Sciences, including BEng or MEng Aerospace Engineering.
International students who may not have had the chance to study A-level-equivalent qualifications may qualify for our one-year International Science and Engineering Foundation Programme, commonly known as the ISEFP.
On successfully completing the ISEFP, and subject to meeting the progression requirements, you are guaranteed a place on your chosen degree programme at Queen Mary.
Year in industry
Apply for our Aerospace Engineering BEng or MEng with Industrial Experience to spend a year on placement in the aerospace engineering sector, gaining practical experience and building professional contacts. The year in industry counts toward the requirements of applying to be a Chartered Engineer.
The industrial experience year can be taken in Year 3 or 4 of a BEng programme or Year 3, 4 or 5 of an MEng programme.
Please note that industrial placements are highly competitive and awarded based on application, academic track record and performance at interview.
Master of Engineering (MEng)
Add on an integrated masters to complete advanced modules and a high-level group project.
Year abroad
Go global and add an optional year abroad to your degree. Queen Mary has links with universities in Europe, North America, Asia and Australia (partnerships vary for each degree programme). Your year abroad can be taken in Year 3 of your degree, with your Year 3 modules taken in Year 4.
Find out more about study abroad opportunities at Queen Mary, including the progression requirements.
Please note - you can do either a year in industry or a year abroad - you cannot combine these options.
"I had the opportunity to do a twelve month placement at Airbus UK. I realised that what I was learning at university was not just to do an exam, I used something I had learnt at Queen Mary at least every day at work. I can confidently say that a Queen Mary degree in Aerospace Engineering prepares you well for a career in industry."
Teaching
Teaching and learning
You’ll learn through a combination of lectures, laboratory practicals and problem-based learning.
You should plan for 14 to 17 hours of formal teaching each week, plus time spent on group projects. For every hour spent in class, you’ll complete a further one to two hours of independent study.
Assessment
Assessment typically includes a combination of coursework, written reports, projects, presentations, group work and exams in the summer.
Resources and facilities
The School offers excellent on-campus resources to aid your studies, including:
- a state-of-the-art flight simulator
- mechanical testing facilities
- teaching laboratories
- the Whitehead Aeronautical Laboratory containing low- and high-speed wind tunnels
- an acoustics research rig
- a purpose-built, fully equipped teaching workshop.
Entry requirements
| A-Level | Grades AAB at A-Level. This must include A-Level Mathematics, and Physics or Chemistry. Excludes General Studies and Critical Thinking. |
| IB | International Baccalaureate Diploma with a minimum of 34 points overall, including 6,6,5 from three Higher Level subjects. This must include Mathematics at Higher Level, and either Physics or Chemistry, also at Higher Level. |
| BTEC | See our detailed subject and grade requirements |
| Access HE | We consider applications from students with the Access to Higher Education Diploma in a Physics and Mathematics based discipline. Entry will normally be to the BEng or BSc. The minimum academic requirement is to achieve 60 credits overall, with 45 credits at Level 3, of which 33 credits must be at Distinction and 12 credits at Merit or higher. Applications are considered on a case by case basis. |
| GCSE | Minimum five GCSE passes including English at grade C or 4. |
| EPQ | Alternative offers may be made to applicants taking the Extended Project Qualification. For further information please visit: qmul.ac.uk/undergraduate/entry/epq |
| Contextualised admissions | Our standard contextual offer: BBB including Maths and Physics or Chemistry at A-Level. Our enhanced contextual offer: BBC including BB in Maths or Physics at A-Level. More information on our contextual offer criteria can be found on our contextualised admissions page. Please note that General Studies and Critical Thinking are excluded from any A-Level offer and cannot be considered. |
| A-Level | Grades BBB at A-Level. This must include A-Level Mathematics. |
| IB | International Baccalaureate Diploma with a minimum of 30 points overall, including 5,5,5 from three Higher Level subjects. This must include Mathematics at Higher Level. We will consider either Mathematics: Applications and Interpretation or Mathematics: Analysis and Approaches at Higher Level. |
| BTEC | See our detailed subject and grade requirements |
| Access HE | We consider applications from students with the Access to Higher Education Diploma in a Physics and Mathematics based discipline. The minimum academic requirement is to achieve 60 credits overall, with 45 credits at Level 3, of which 27 credits must be at Distinction and 18 credits at Merit or higher. Applications are considered on a case by case basis. |
| GCSE | Minimum five GCSE passes including English and Maths at grade C or 4. |
| Contextualised admissions | We consider every application on its individual merits and will take into consideration your individual educational experiences and context. More information on how academic schools and programmes use this information as part of the admissions process, can be found on our contextualised admissions pages. |
| A-Level | Grades AAB at A-Level. This must include A-Level Mathematics, and Physics or Chemistry. |
| IB | International Baccalaureate Diploma with a minimum of 34 points overall, including 6,6,5 from three Higher Level subjects. This must include Mathematics at Higher Level, and either Physics or Chemistry, also at Higher Level. |
| BTEC | See our detailed subject and grade requirements |
| Access HE | We consider applications from students with the Access to Higher Education Diploma in a Physics and Mathematics based discipline. Entry will normally be to the BEng or BSc. The minimum academic requirement is to achieve 60 credits overall, with 45 credits at Level 3, of which 33 credits must be at Distinction and 12 credits at Merit or higher. Applications are considered on a case by case basis. |
| GCSE | Minimum five GCSE passes including English at grade C or 4. |
| EPQ | Alternative offers may be made to applicants taking the Extended Project Qualification. For further information please visit: qmul.ac.uk/undergraduate/entry/epq |
| Contextualised admissions | Our standard contextual offer: BBB including Maths and Physics or Chemistry at A-Level. Our enhanced contextual offer: BBC including BB in Maths or Physics at A-Level. More information on our contextual offer criteria can be found on our contextualised admissions page. Please note that General Studies and Critical Thinking are excluded from any A-Level offer and cannot be considered. |
| A-Level | Grades AAB at A-Level. This must include A-Level Mathematics, and Physics or Chemistry. Excludes General Studies and Critical Thinking. |
| IB | International Baccalaureate Diploma with a minimum of 36 points overall, including 6,6,5 from three Higher Level subjects. This must include Mathematics at Higher Level, and either Physics or Chemistry, also at Higher Level. |
| BTEC | See our detailed subject and grade requirements |
| Access HE | We consider applications from students with the Access to Higher Education Diploma in a Physics and Mathematics based discipline. Entry will normally be to the BEng or BSc. The minimum academic requirement is to achieve 60 credits overall, with 45 credits at Level 3, of which 33 credits must be at Distinction and 12 credits at Merit or higher. Applications are considered on a case by case basis. |
| GCSE | Minimum five GCSE passes including English at grade C or 4. |
| EPQ | Alternative offers may be made to applicants taking the Extended Project Qualification. For further information please visit: qmul.ac.uk/undergraduate/entry/epq |
| Contextualised admissions | Our standard contextual offer: BBB including Maths and Physics or Chemistry at A-Level. Our enhanced contextual offer: BBC including BB in Maths or Physics at A-Level. More information on our contextual offer criteria can be found on our contextualised admissions page. Please note that General Studies and Critical Thinking are excluded from any A-Level offer and cannot be considered. |
This programme requires ATAS clearance. Students who are not EEA or Swiss nationals may require ATAS clearance to undertake this course. The CAH3 code for this course is CAH10-01-04. Further information on ATAS can be found on our Advice and Counselling webpages.
| A-Level | Grades AAA at A-Level. This must include A-Level Mathematics, and Physics or Chemistry. Excludes General Studies and Critical Thinking. |
| IB | International Baccalaureate Diploma with a minimum of 36 points overall, including 6,6,6 from three Higher Level subjects. This must include Mathematics at Higher Level, and either Physics or Chemistry, also at Higher Level. |
| BTEC | BTEC qualifications are not considered for entry to this programme. |
| Access HE | We consider applications from students with the Access to Higher Education Diploma in a Physics and Mathematics based discipline. Entry will normally be to the BEng or BSc. The minimum academic requirement is to achieve 60 credits overall, with 45 credits at Level 3, of which 33 credits must be at Distinction and 12 credits at Merit or higher. Applications are considered on a case by case basis. |
| GCSE | Minimum five GCSE passes including English at grade C or 4. |
| EPQ | Alternative offers may be made to applicants taking the Extended Project Qualification. For further information please visit: qmul.ac.uk/undergraduate/entry/epq |
| Contextualised admissions | Our standard contextual offer: ABB including AB in Maths and Physics or Chemistry at A-Level. Our enhanced contextual offer: BBB including Maths and Physics or Chemistry at A-Level. More information on our contextual offer criteria can be found on our contextualised admissions page. Please note that General Studies and Critical Thinking are excluded from any A-Level offer and cannot be considered. |
This programme requires ATAS clearance. Students who are not EEA or Swiss nationals may require ATAS clearance to undertake this course. The CAH3 code for this course is CAH10-01-04. Further information on ATAS can be found on our Advice and Counselling webpages.
| A-Level | Grades AAA at A-Level. This must include A-Level Mathematics, and Physics or Chemistry. Excludes General Studies and Critical Thinking. |
| IB | International Baccalaureate Diploma with a minimum of 36 points overall, including 6,6,6 from three Higher Level subjects. This must include Mathematics at Higher Level, and either Physics or Chemistry, also at Higher Level. |
| BTEC | BTEC qualifications are not considered for entry to this programme. |
| Access HE | We consider applications from students with the Access to Higher Education Diploma in a Physics and Mathematics based discipline. Entry will normally be to the BEng or BSc. The minimum academic requirement is to achieve 60 credits overall, with 45 credits at Level 3, of which 33 credits must be at Distinction and 12 credits at Merit or higher. Applications are considered on a case by case basis. |
| GCSE | Minimum five GCSE passes including English at grade C or 4. |
| EPQ | Alternative offers may be made to applicants taking the Extended Project Qualification. For further information please visit: qmul.ac.uk/undergraduate/entry/epq |
| Contextualised admissions | Our standard contextual offer: ABB including AB in Maths and Physics or Chemistry at A-Level. Our enhanced contextual offer: BBB including Maths and Physics or Chemistry at A-Level. More information on our contextual offer criteria can be found on our contextualised admissions page. Please note that General Studies and Critical Thinking are excluded from any A-Level offer and cannot be considered. |
This programme requires ATAS clearance. Students who are not EEA or Swiss nationals may require ATAS clearance to undertake this course. The CAH3 code for this course is CAH10-01-04. Further information on ATAS can be found on our Advice and Counselling webpages.
| A-Level | Grades AAA at A-Level. This must include A-Level Mathematics, and Physics or Chemistry. Excludes General Studies and Critical Thinking. |
| IB | International Baccalaureate Diploma with a minimum of 36 points overall, including 6,6,6 from three Higher Level subjects. This must include Mathematics at Higher Level, and either Physics or Chemistry, also at Higher Level. |
| BTEC | BTEC qualifications are not considered for entry to this programme. |
| Access HE | We consider applications from students with the Access to Higher Education Diploma in a Physics and Mathematics based discipline. Entry will normally be to the BEng or BSc. The minimum academic requirement is to achieve 60 credits overall, with 45 credits at Level 3, of which 33 credits must be at Distinction and 12 credits at Merit or higher. Applications are considered on a case by case basis. |
| GCSE | Minimum five GCSE passes including English at grade C or 4. |
| EPQ | Alternative offers may be made to applicants taking the Extended Project Qualification. For further information please visit: qmul.ac.uk/undergraduate/entry/epq |
| Contextualised admissions | Our standard contextual offer: ABB including AB in Maths and Physics or Chemistry at A-Level. Our enhanced contextual offer: BBB including Maths and Physics or Chemistry at A-Level. More information on our contextual offer criteria can be found on our contextualised admissions page. Please note that General Studies and Critical Thinking are excluded from any A-Level offer and cannot be considered. |
Non-UK students
We accept a wide range of European and international qualifications in addition to A-levels, the International Baccalaureate and BTEC qualifications. Please visit International Admissions for full details.
English language
Find out more about our English language entry requirements, including the types of test we accept and the scores needed for entry to the programme.
You may also be able to meet the English language requirement for your programme by joining a summer pre-sessional programme before starting your degree.
Further information
Funding
Loans and grants
UK students accepted onto this course are eligible to apply for tuition fee and maintenance loans from Student Finance England or other government bodies.
Scholarships and bursaries
Queen Mary offers a generous package of scholarships and bursaries, which currently benefits around 50 per cent of our undergraduates.
Scholarships are available for home, EU and international students. Specific funding is also available for students from the local area. International students may be eligible for a fee reduction. We offer means-tested funding, as well as subject-specific funding for many degrees.
Find out what scholarships and bursaries are available to you.
Support from Queen Mary
We offer specialist support on all financial and welfare issues through our Advice and Counselling Service, which you can access as soon as you have applied for a place at Queen Mary.
Take a look at our Student Advice Guides which cover ways to finance your degree, including:
- additional sources of funding
- planning your budget and cutting costs
- part-time and vacation work
- money for lone parents.
Careers
The skills you develop on this programme could be applied to next-generation spacecraft and high-performance aeroplanes and helicopters, or to the future of ground transport, such as high-speed trains. The programme is also relevant to green energy technologies, like wind turbines.
Some of our graduates transfer their skills into areas such as consultancy, IT or finance.
Recent Aerospace Engineering graduates have been hired by:
- Boeing
- Vueling
- Transdigm
- Deloitte
- Cascade Engineering
- FDM Group
- IBM
- International Chemical and Steel
- Amazon
With job titles including:
- Aerospace Engineer
- Airworthiness Engineer
- Software Engineer
- Systems Engineer
- Stress Engineer
- Computational Fluid Dynamic Engineer Intern
- Building Information Modeller
- Flight Operations Projects & Manuals Specialist
- Graduate Engineering Account Manager
*GOS 2019-21
Career support
The Queen Mary careers team offer:
- specialist advice on choosing a career path
- support with finding work experience, internships and graduate jobs
- feedback on CVs, cover letters and application forms
- interview coaching
Data for these courses
Aerospace Engineering - BEng (Hons)
Engineering with Foundation - BEng (Hons)
Aerospace Engineering with Industrial Experience - BEng (Hons)
Aerospace Engineering with Year Abroad - BEng (Hons)
Aerospace Engineering - MEng (Hons)
Aerospace Engineering with Industrial Experience - MEng (Hons)
Aerospace Engineering with Year Abroad - MEng (Hons)
The Discover Uni dataset (formerly Unistats)
About the School
The School of Engineering and Materials Science attracts some of the brightest minds from across the country, and the world. The most recent national assessment of the quality of university research (REF 2021) placed us seventh for our engineering research (Times Higher Education) and second for the quality of our research outputs.
Our academic staff have extensive contacts with major industrial companies in engineering and materials science, and there is constant interaction between industry, research and our teaching.
Our students benefit from personal contact with approachable teaching staff in small-group settings, where discussion and feedback is actively encouraged.
